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gauntlet
Volume 14, Number 4
Tuesday, September 18, 1973
Speaker's Corner Bombs
like Daniels
[eppulj
letter i
polie
s the;
Edota
plañí
give)
ANY
IS.W.
by Craig Angus
Speakers' Corner was a
bomb Monday, even though
the speakers were enthusiastic and the location
should have been a good
one. As the scheduled starting time of two o'clock rolled
around, it appeared that
good location or not, there
was going to be a scarcity of
people to form an audience.
Mike Daniels of the Young
Communist League started
off by talking about the
recent events in Chile as hje
saw them, giving a brief rundown on the situation and
then throwing himself open
to questions.
By this time maybe two
dozen people had stopped
on the stairway or had gathered in front of the bookstore, and though there were
a few painful dead spaces in
the exchange, there were at
least enough to keep him
busy explaining the various
relationships between Chile
and the rest of Latin America
or Canada, and what it
meant to leftists elsewhere.
In fact, there was a series
of questions posed by one
member of the "crowd" dealing with whether or not the
coup putting an end to the
democratically elected Marxist government also put an
end to the idea of even trying
to elect a government, and
that maybe the only way to a
Marxist state was through
revolution.
Daniels thought not, saying that all it showed is that
a democratic government
has to use enough power to
defend its popular mandate
against those who would
take it away.
After half-an-hour though,
Daniels ran out of questions
to answer. This was of
course due to the lack of
people around (there were
now maybe ten or twelve),
and the next speaker, N. J.
Gass from the Alberta
Teachers Association, was
in the position of not really
needing the amplifier to
address the people who
stayed to listen.
In answer to one question,
he explained his reason for
appearing on campus as
being two-fold, first as a
fence-mending exercise to
try and boost the Association's popularity after last
year's student teaching certifying problem which left
many hard feelings in the
Education Faculty. Secondly, "speaking as a union
man," he felt that union role
of the Association should be
"more emphasized at University."
The question of employment opportunities was
raised, and while Gass said
that they looked brighter
than last year, they weren't
as bright as they had expected.
In terms of turnover within
the system, this year's is 13
to 15%, compared to the
past low of 8%, and the 17%
which was anticipated for
this year.
By the time it was time for
Brian Nethery of the Calgary
Grape Boycott Committee to
speak, the crowd consisted
of no more than half a dozen
people. Nethery could see
no reason carrying on with
such a small audience.
The turnout was a disappointment. The entire affair
was a bomb. There were
many reasons for this, from
poor overall organization to
having it at a time when a lot
of people were at classes.
There were many reasons,
and no need to rely on the
old cliche about student
apathy . . . even though
there were hordes of students at this time lying on
the grass or re-reading the
Albertan in the cafeteria, no
doubt wondering why nothing ever happens around
here.
Scrambling Dinny rookie quarterback Don Slier led the good
guys to a 9-6 win over the UBC Thunderbirds last Saturday.
photo by Dae Dang
dinnies
score
lacklustre
win,
page?

gauntlet
Volume 14, Number 4
Tuesday, September 18, 1973
Speaker's Corner Bombs
like Daniels
[eppulj
letter i
polie
s the;
Edota
plañí
give)
ANY
IS.W.
by Craig Angus
Speakers' Corner was a
bomb Monday, even though
the speakers were enthusiastic and the location
should have been a good
one. As the scheduled starting time of two o'clock rolled
around, it appeared that
good location or not, there
was going to be a scarcity of
people to form an audience.
Mike Daniels of the Young
Communist League started
off by talking about the
recent events in Chile as hje
saw them, giving a brief rundown on the situation and
then throwing himself open
to questions.
By this time maybe two
dozen people had stopped
on the stairway or had gathered in front of the bookstore, and though there were
a few painful dead spaces in
the exchange, there were at
least enough to keep him
busy explaining the various
relationships between Chile
and the rest of Latin America
or Canada, and what it
meant to leftists elsewhere.
In fact, there was a series
of questions posed by one
member of the "crowd" dealing with whether or not the
coup putting an end to the
democratically elected Marxist government also put an
end to the idea of even trying
to elect a government, and
that maybe the only way to a
Marxist state was through
revolution.
Daniels thought not, saying that all it showed is that
a democratic government
has to use enough power to
defend its popular mandate
against those who would
take it away.
After half-an-hour though,
Daniels ran out of questions
to answer. This was of
course due to the lack of
people around (there were
now maybe ten or twelve),
and the next speaker, N. J.
Gass from the Alberta
Teachers Association, was
in the position of not really
needing the amplifier to
address the people who
stayed to listen.
In answer to one question,
he explained his reason for
appearing on campus as
being two-fold, first as a
fence-mending exercise to
try and boost the Association's popularity after last
year's student teaching certifying problem which left
many hard feelings in the
Education Faculty. Secondly, "speaking as a union
man," he felt that union role
of the Association should be
"more emphasized at University."
The question of employment opportunities was
raised, and while Gass said
that they looked brighter
than last year, they weren't
as bright as they had expected.
In terms of turnover within
the system, this year's is 13
to 15%, compared to the
past low of 8%, and the 17%
which was anticipated for
this year.
By the time it was time for
Brian Nethery of the Calgary
Grape Boycott Committee to
speak, the crowd consisted
of no more than half a dozen
people. Nethery could see
no reason carrying on with
such a small audience.
The turnout was a disappointment. The entire affair
was a bomb. There were
many reasons for this, from
poor overall organization to
having it at a time when a lot
of people were at classes.
There were many reasons,
and no need to rely on the
old cliche about student
apathy . . . even though
there were hordes of students at this time lying on
the grass or re-reading the
Albertan in the cafeteria, no
doubt wondering why nothing ever happens around
here.
Scrambling Dinny rookie quarterback Don Slier led the good
guys to a 9-6 win over the UBC Thunderbirds last Saturday.
photo by Dae Dang
dinnies
score
lacklustre
win,
page?